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The country was brought under their control,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/joshua/18.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Now that the land was under Israelite control, the entire community of Israel gathered at Shiloh and set up the Tabernacle.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/joshua/18.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Then the whole congregation of the people of Israel assembled at Shiloh and set up the tent of meeting there. The land lay subdued before them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/joshua/18.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then the whole congregation of Israel assembled at Shiloh and set up the Tent of Meeting there. And though the land was subdued before them,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/joshua/18.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And the whole congregation of the children of Israel assembled together at Shiloh, and set up the tabernacle of the congregation there. And the land was subdued before them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/joshua/18.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Now the whole congregation of the children of Israel assembled together at Shiloh, and set up the tabernacle of meeting there. And the land was subdued before them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/joshua/18.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then the whole congregation of the sons of Israel assembled at Shiloh, and set up the tent of meeting there; and the land was subdued before them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/joshua/18.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Then the whole congregation of the sons of Israel assembled themselves at Shiloh, and set up the tent of meeting there; and the land was subdued before them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/joshua/18.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Then the whole congregation of the sons of Israel assembled themselves at Shiloh, and set up the tent of meeting there; and the land was subdued before them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/joshua/18.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Then the whole congregation of the sons of Israel assembled themselves at Shiloh and set up the tent of meeting there; and the land was subdued before them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/joshua/18.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Then the whole congregation of the Israelites assembled at Shiloh [in the tribal territory of Ephraim], and set up the Tent of Meeting there; and the land was subdued before them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/joshua/18.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The entire Israelite community assembled at Shiloh and set up the tent of meeting there. The land had been subdued before them,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/joshua/18.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The entire Israelite community assembled at Shiloh where it set up the tent of meeting there; the land had been subdued by them. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/joshua/18.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And the whole congregation of the children of Israel assembled themselves together at Shiloh, and set up the tent of meeting there: and the land was subdued before them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/joshua/18.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />After Israel had captured the land, they met at Shiloh and set up the sacred tent. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/joshua/18.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And the whole congregation of the children of Israel assembled themselves together at Shiloh, and set up the tent of meeting there: and the land was subdued before them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/joshua/18.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />The whole congregation of Israel gathered at Shiloh and set up the tent of meeting there. The land was under their control.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/joshua/18.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />After they had conquered the land, the entire community of Israel assembled at Shiloh and set up the Tent of the LORD's presence. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/joshua/18.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />After this, the entire assembly of the Israelis gathered together at Shiloh and set up the Tent of Meeting there, where the land lay conquered before them. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/joshua/18.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then the whole congregation of Israel assembled at Shiloh and set up the Tent of Meeting there. And though the land was subdued before them,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/joshua/18.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />The entire Israelite community assembled at Shiloh and there they set up the tent of meeting. Though they had subdued the land,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/joshua/18.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />The whole congregation of the children of Israel assembled themselves together at Shiloh, and set up the Tent of Meeting there. The land was subdued before them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/joshua/18.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And the whole congregation of the children of Israel assembled at Shiloh, and set up the tabernacle of the congregation there: and the land was subdued before them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/joshua/18.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />The whole congregation of the children of Israel assembled themselves together at Shiloh, and set up the Tent of Meeting there. The land was subdued before them. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/joshua/18.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And all the congregation of the sons of Israel is assembled [at] Shiloh, and they cause the Tent of Meeting to dwell there, and the land has been subdued before them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/joshua/18.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And all the company of the sons of Israel are assembled at Shiloh, and they cause the tent of meeting to tabernacle there, and the land hath been subdued before them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/joshua/18.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And all the assembly of the sons of Israel will be called together to Shiloh, and they will pitch there the tent of appointment, and the land was subdued before them.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/joshua/18.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And all the children of Israel assembled together in Silo, and there they set up the tabernacle of the testimony, and the land was subdued before them. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/joshua/18.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And all the sons of Israel gathered together at Shiloh, and there they stationed the Tabernacle of the Testimony. And the land was subjected to them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/joshua/18.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />The whole community of the Israelites assembled at Shiloh, where they set up the tent of meeting; and the land was subdued before them. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/joshua/18.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Then the whole congregation of the Israelites assembled at Shiloh, and set up the tent of meeting there. The land lay subdued before them.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/joshua/18.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />THEN the whole congregation of the children of Israel assembled together at Shiloh, and set up the tabernacle of the congregation there. And the land was subdued before them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/joshua/18.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And all of the assembly of the children of Israel were gathered to Shiloh and they pitched the Time Tabernacle there, and the land had been subjugated before them<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/joshua/18.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And the whole congregation of the children of Israel assembled themselves together at Shiloh, and set up the tent of meeting there; and the land was subdued before them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/joshua/18.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And all the congregation of the children of Israel were assembled at Selo, and there they pitched the tabernacle of witness; and the land was subdued by them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/joshua/18-1.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/p91zXIGB0Rk?start=4527" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/joshua/18.htm">The Remainder Divided</a></span><br> <span class="reftext">1</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">Then the whole</a> <a href="/hebrew/5712.htm" title="5712: ‘ă·ḏaṯ (N-fsc) -- Congregation. Feminine of ed in the original sense of fixture; a stated assemblage.">congregation</a> <a href="/hebrew/1121.htm" title="1121: bə·nê- (N-mpc) -- Son. From banah; a son, in the widest sense (like 'ab, 'ach, etc.)."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3478.htm" title="3478: yiś·rā·’êl (N-proper-ms) -- From sarah and 'el; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also of his posterity.">of Israel</a> <a href="/hebrew/6950.htm" title="6950: way·yiq·qā·hă·lū (Conj-w:: V-Nifal-ConsecImperf-3mp) -- To gather as an assembly or congregation. A primitive root; to convoke.">assembled</a> <a href="/hebrew/7887.htm" title="7887: ši·lōh (N-proper-fs) -- A city in Ephraim. Or Shiloh; or Shiylow; or Shilow; from the same as Shiyloh; Shiloh, a place in Palestine.">at Shiloh</a> <a href="/hebrew/7931.htm" title="7931: way·yaš·kî·nū (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConsecImperf-3mp) -- A primitive root (by transmission) to shakab through the idea of lodging; compare cikluwth, shakam); to reside or permanently stay.">and set up</a> <a href="/hebrew/168.htm" title="168: ’ō·hel (N-msc) -- A tent. From 'ahal; a tent.">the Tent</a> <a href="/hebrew/4150.htm" title="4150: mō·w·‘êḏ (N-ms) -- Appointed time, place, or meeting. ">of Meeting</a> <a href="/hebrew/8033.htm" title="8033: šām (Adv) -- There, thither. A primitive particle; there then; often thither, or thence.">there.</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: wə·hā·’ā·reṣ (Conj-w, Art:: N-fs) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">And though the land</a> <a href="/hebrew/3533.htm" title="3533: niḵ·bə·šāh (V-Nifal-Perf-3fs) -- A primitive root; to tread down; hence, negatively, to disregard; positively, to conquer, subjugate, violate.">was subdued</a> <a href="/hebrew/6440.htm" title="6440: lip̄·nê·hem (Prep-l:: N-mpc:: 3mp) -- Face, faces. Plural of an unused noun; the face; used in a great variety of applications; also as a preposition.">before them,</a> </span><span class="reftext">2</span>there were still seven tribes of Israel who had not yet received their inheritance.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joshua/19-51.htm">Joshua 19:51</a></span><br />These are the inheritances that Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the heads of the families distributed by lot to the tribes of Israel at Shiloh before the LORD at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting. So they finished dividing up the land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joshua/14-1.htm">Joshua 14:1</a></span><br />Now these are the portions that the Israelites inherited in the land of Canaan, as distributed by Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the heads of the families of the tribes of Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/34-17.htm">Numbers 34:17-18</a></span><br />“These are the names of the men who are to assign the land as an inheritance for you: Eleazar the priest and Joshua son of Nun. / Appoint one leader from each tribe to distribute the land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/32-28.htm">Numbers 32:28</a></span><br />So Moses gave orders about them to Eleazar the priest, to Joshua son of Nun, and to the family leaders of the tribes of Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/12-5.htm">Deuteronomy 12:5-7</a></span><br />Instead, you must seek the place the LORD your God will choose from among all your tribes to establish as a dwelling for His Name, and there you must go. / To that place you are to bring your burnt offerings and sacrifices, your tithes and heave offerings, your vow offerings and freewill offerings, as well as the firstborn of your herds and flocks. / There, in the presence of the LORD your God, you and your households shall eat and rejoice in all you do, because the LORD your God has blessed you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/31-14.htm">Deuteronomy 31:14</a></span><br />Then the LORD said to Moses, “Behold, the time of your death is near. Call Joshua and present yourselves at the Tent of Meeting, so that I may commission him.” So Moses and Joshua went and presented themselves at the Tent of Meeting.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/25-8.htm">Exodus 25:8</a></span><br />And they are to make a sanctuary for Me, so that I may dwell among them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/40-34.htm">Exodus 40:34-35</a></span><br />Then the cloud covered the Tent of Meeting, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle. / Moses was unable to enter the Tent of Meeting because the cloud had settled on it, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/16-2.htm">Leviticus 16:2</a></span><br />And the LORD said to Moses: “Tell your brother Aaron not to enter freely into the Most Holy Place behind the veil in front of the mercy seat on the ark, or else he will die, because I appear in the cloud above the mercy seat.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/4-4.htm">1 Samuel 4:4</a></span><br />So the people sent men to Shiloh, and they brought back the ark of the covenant of the LORD of Hosts, who sits enthroned between the cherubim. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/8-4.htm">1 Kings 8:4</a></span><br />and they brought up the ark of the LORD and the Tent of Meeting with all its sacred furnishings. So the priests and Levites carried them up.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_chronicles/6-49.htm">1 Chronicles 6:49</a></span><br />But Aaron and his sons did all the work of the Most Holy Place. They presented the offerings on the altar of burnt offering and on the altar of incense to make atonement for Israel, according to all that Moses the servant of God had commanded.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_chronicles/16-39.htm">1 Chronicles 16:39</a></span><br />And David left Zadok the priest and his fellow priests before the tabernacle of the LORD at the high place in Gibeon<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/1-3.htm">2 Chronicles 1:3</a></span><br />And Solomon and the whole assembly went to the high place at Gibeon because it was the location of God’s Tent of Meeting, which Moses the servant of the LORD had made in the wilderness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/78-60.htm">Psalm 78:60</a></span><br />He abandoned the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent He had pitched among men.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And the whole congregation of the children of Israel assembled together at Shiloh, and set up the tabernacle of the congregation there. And the land was subdued before them.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/joshua/19-51.htm">Joshua 19:51</a></b></br> These <i>are</i> the inheritances, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel, divided for an inheritance by lot in Shiloh before the LORD, at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. So they made an end of dividing the country.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/joshua/21-2.htm">Joshua 21:2</a></b></br> And they spake unto them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying, The LORD commanded by the hand of Moses to give us cities to dwell in, with the suburbs thereof for our cattle.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/joshua/22-9.htm">Joshua 22:9</a></b></br> And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh returned, and departed from the children of Israel out of Shiloh, which <i>is</i> in the land of Canaan, to go unto the country of Gilead, to the land of their possession, whereof they were possessed, according to the word of the LORD by the hand of Moses.</p><p class="hdg">set up</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/judges/18-31.htm">Judges 18:31</a></b></br> And they set them up Micah's graven image, which he made, all the time that the house of God was in Shiloh.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_samuel/1-3.htm">1 Samuel 1:3,24</a></b></br> And this man went up out of his city yearly to worship and to sacrifice unto the LORD of hosts in Shiloh. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, the priests of the LORD, <i>were</i> there… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_samuel/4-3.htm">1 Samuel 4:3,4</a></b></br> And when the people were come into the camp, the elders of Israel said, Wherefore hath the LORD smitten us to day before the Philistines? Let us fetch the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of Shiloh unto us, that, when it cometh among us, it may save us out of the hand of our enemies… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/joshua/10-6.htm">Assembled</a> <a href="/joshua/9-27.htm">Assembly</a> <a href="/joshua/7-25.htm">Cause</a> <a href="/joshua/17-17.htm">Children</a> <a href="/joshua/9-27.htm">Congregation</a> <a href="/joshua/17-18.htm">Country</a> <a href="/joshua/17-13.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/joshua/17-13.htm">Israelites</a> <a href="/joshua/15-46.htm">Lay</a> <a href="/joshua/8-35.htm">Meeting</a> <a href="/joshua/16-6.htm">Shiloh</a> <a href="/joshua/10-41.htm">Subdued</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/33-28.htm">Tabernacle</a> <a href="/joshua/7-24.htm">Tent</a> <a href="/joshua/11-14.htm">Themselves</a> <a href="/joshua/17-11.htm">Together</a> <a href="/joshua/13-30.htm">Whole</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/joshua/22-12.htm">Assembled</a> <a href="/joshua/22-12.htm">Assembly</a> <a href="/joshua/20-4.htm">Cause</a> <a href="/joshua/18-2.htm">Children</a> <a href="/joshua/19-51.htm">Congregation</a> <a href="/joshua/18-12.htm">Country</a> <a href="/joshua/18-2.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/joshua/18-3.htm">Israelites</a> <a href="/judges/3-25.htm">Lay</a> <a href="/joshua/19-51.htm">Meeting</a> <a href="/joshua/18-8.htm">Shiloh</a> <a href="/judges/3-30.htm">Subdued</a> <a href="/joshua/19-51.htm">Tabernacle</a> <a href="/joshua/19-51.htm">Tent</a> <a href="/joshua/22-12.htm">Themselves</a> <a href="/joshua/19-8.htm">Together</a> <a href="/joshua/21-43.htm">Whole</a><div class="vheading2">Joshua 18</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/joshua/18-1.htm">The tabernacle is set up at Shiloh</a></span><br><span class="reftext">2. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/joshua/18-2.htm">The remainder of the land is described, and divided into seven parts</a></span><br><span class="reftext">10. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/joshua/18-10.htm">Joshua distributes it by lot</a></span><br><span class="reftext">11. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/joshua/18-11.htm">The lot and border of Benjamin</a></span><br><span class="reftext">21. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/joshua/18-21.htm">Their cities</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading"><a href="/study/joshua/18.htm">Berean Study Bible</a></div><b>Then the whole congregation of the Israelites</b><br />This phrase emphasizes the unity and collective identity of the Israelites. The Hebrew word for "congregation" is "עֵדָה" (edah), which signifies an assembly or gathering, often used to describe the people of Israel as a covenant community. This assembly at Shiloh marks a significant moment of national unity and spiritual focus, as they come together to seek God's guidance and fulfill His promises. It reflects the importance of communal worship and decision-making in the life of God's people.<p><b>assembled at Shiloh</b><br />Shiloh, located in the hill country of Ephraim, becomes a central place of worship and governance for the Israelites. The Hebrew root "שִׁלוֹ" (Shiloh) can mean "place of rest" or "tranquility," symbolizing a period of peace and stability after the conquest of Canaan. Archaeological evidence suggests that Shiloh was a significant religious center during this time, as it housed the Tent of Meeting. This assembly at Shiloh underscores the importance of having a designated place for worship and the presence of God among His people.<p><b>and set up the Tent of Meeting there</b><br />The Tent of Meeting, or "מִשְׁכַּן" (mishkan) in Hebrew, was the portable sanctuary used by the Israelites during their wilderness journey. Setting it up at Shiloh signifies a transition from a nomadic to a more settled existence in the Promised Land. This act represents the establishment of a central place for worship, sacrifice, and divine communication. It highlights the continuity of God's presence and guidance as the Israelites move from conquest to settlement.<p><b>The land was subdued before them</b><br />This phrase indicates that the Israelites had achieved a level of control and peace in the land of Canaan. The Hebrew word "כָּבַשׁ" (kabash) means to subdue or bring into subjection, reflecting the fulfillment of God's promise to give the land to His people. This subduing of the land is not just a military achievement but also a spiritual one, as it demonstrates God's faithfulness and the Israelites' obedience to His commands. It serves as a reminder of the blessings that come from following God's will and the importance of maintaining faithfulness in times of prosperity.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/joshua/18.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>XVIII.</span><p>(1) <span class= "bld">At Shiloh</span>.--<span class= "ital">Seil-n </span>(sheet 14), about ten miles due south of Shechem, in the territory of Ephraim. The inheritance of the tribe of Judah was determined in Gilgal. The assignment of the central part of the country to Ephraim and Manasseh brought the leaders of Israel into that district, and as soon as the position of Ephraim, Joshua's tribe, was settled, the tabernacle was set up there. For the situation of Shiloh, see <a href="/judges/21-19.htm" title="Then they said, Behold, there is a feast of the LORD in Shiloh yearly in a place which is on the north side of Bethel, on the east side of the highway that goes up from Bethel to Shechem, and on the south of Lebonah.">Judges 21:19</a>.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/joshua/18.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 1.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Congregation</span>. The word signifies a body of persons gathered together at a spot before indicated. The LXX. renders by <span class="greek">συναγωγή</span>. The idea is evidently that of an assembly gathered together for some specific acts of worship. This passage teaches the duty of a national recognition of religion. Whatever evils there might be in Israel at that time, the absence of a general and formal acknowledgment of God was not one of them. When that public acknowledgment of Him ceased, the downfall of the nation was at hand. It was the absence of such acknowledgment that was the ruin of Israel, while the hypocritical and purely external recognition of God by Judah was equally offensive in God's sight. <span class="cmt_word">Assembled</span>. Literally, <span class="accented">was summoned</span>; by whom, we are not told. But this general gathering to set up the tabernacle was at once an act of due homage to Him by whose power they had done so many great deeds, and also the establishment of a centre of national life. As long as the worship of God was maintained in its purity, the unity of Israel would be preserved, in spite of the twelve-fold division into tribes, and without the need to introduce the monarchical power. When fidelity to the outward symbol of Israelitish unity, the tabernacle at Shiloh, relaxed, then dissension and weakness crept in, and Israel became a prey to her enemies. A remarkable instance of an opposite character meets us in the history of our own country. The prey of various unconnected Teutonic tribes, the island was one vast scene of anarchy and confusion, until the great Archbishop Theodore came over and founded a National Church. It was this religious unity and cooperation which tended to harmonise the conflicting forces in the land and steadily pioneered the way to an union of the rival tribes under one head. Without attempting to say whose fault it is that this religious unity is lost, or how it may best be reestablished, it surely is the duty of every patriot and every Christian to cooperate to the best of his ability and knowledge, with all the forces that he sees tending towards unity, and both pray and labour for the coming of the day when men may once more "with one mind and with one mouth glorify God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ," and be willing to meet together "with one accord in one place." <span class="cmt_word">Shiloh</span>. In <a href="/deuteronomy/12-5.htm">Deuteronomy 12:5, 11, 14</a>, we find God prescribing that only in a place chosen by Himself shall the public worship of the congregation be paid to Him. Thither were all the males to resort three times a year. It is obvious how such a regulation tended to keep alive national feeling among the Israelites. The reason for the choice of Shiloh (which was probably made by Urim and Thummim, the case being important enough for such a decision) is to be found in its central position, five hours south of Shechem, and eight hours north of Jerusalem. Its situation is minutely described in <a href="/judges/21-19.htm">Judges 21:19</a>. It is difficult to understand why; since Shiloh must have been well known to all the dwellers in Israel at that time, unless it was to explain to those who were not acquainted with the localities in the tribe of Benjamin the reason for the selection of Shiloh, namely, that it lay close by the road between Bethel and Shechem (see, however, note on Joshua 24:1). The place has been identified. It is the modern Seilun, but only a few ruins remain to mark the place once so famous in the history of Israel, where Eli abode, where Samuel spent his early years. Rejected by God Himself, as the Jewish Psalmist relates with patriotic pride (<a href="/psalms/78-60.htm">Psalm 78:60, 67-69</a>), it fell into utter neglect, and even in the days of Jeremiah it seems to have become a by word (see <a href="/jeremiah/7-12.htm">Jeremiah 7:12, 14</a>; <a href="/jeremiah/26-6.htm">Jeremiah 26:6, 9</a>. Also Pal. Expl. Fund, Quart. Paper, Jan., 1873, where an account, with a plan, is given of the place in its present condition. There are a few rock-hewn tombs there). Whether it was named Shiloh on account of the word used in <a href="/genesis/49-10.htm">Genesis 49:10</a>, it is impossible to say. The name appears to signify <span class="accented">rest</span>, and was an appropriate name to be given to the visible symbol of rest from warfare which Joshua had obtained for Israel (see <a href="/joshua/11-23.htm">Joshua 11:23</a>; <a href="/joshua/14-15.htm">Joshua 14:15</a>; <a href="/joshua/21-44.htm">Joshua 21:44</a>; <a href="/joshua/22-4.htm">Joshua 22:4</a>). The difficult passage in <a href="/genesis/49-10.htm">Genesis 49:10</a> is not of course included in this interpretation of the meaning of the word Shiloh. <span class="cmt_word">Congregation</span> The word here differs slightly from the word translated "congregation" in the first part of the verse, but it comes from the same root. <span class="cmt_word">And the land was subdued before them.</span> That is, the land in which the tabernacle was set up. We know from the next verse that the land as a whole was not subdued. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/joshua/18-1.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Then the whole</span><br /><span class="heb">כָּל־</span> <span class="translit">(kāl-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">congregation</span><br /><span class="heb">עֲדַ֤ת</span> <span class="translit">(‘ă·ḏaṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5712.htm">Strong's 5712: </a> </span><span class="str2">A stated assemblage</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Israel</span><br /><span class="heb">יִשְׂרָאֵל֙</span> <span class="translit">(yiś·rā·’êl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3478.htm">Strong's 3478: </a> </span><span class="str2">Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc</span><br /><br /><span class="word">assembled</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיִּקָּ֨הֲל֜וּ</span> <span class="translit">(way·yiq·qā·hă·lū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6950.htm">Strong's 6950: </a> </span><span class="str2">To gather as an assembly or congregation</span><br /><br /><span class="word">at Shiloh</span><br /><span class="heb">שִׁלֹ֔ה</span> <span class="translit">(ši·lōh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7887.htm">Strong's 7887: </a> </span><span class="str2">Shiloh -- a city in Ephraim</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and set up</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיַּשְׁכִּ֥ינוּ</span> <span class="translit">(way·yaš·kî·nū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7931.htm">Strong's 7931: </a> </span><span class="str2">To settle down, abide, dwell</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the Tent</span><br /><span class="heb">אֹ֣הֶל</span> <span class="translit">(’ō·hel)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_168.htm">Strong's 168: </a> </span><span class="str2">A tent</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Meeting</span><br /><span class="heb">מוֹעֵ֑ד</span> <span class="translit">(mō·w·‘êḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4150.htm">Strong's 4150: </a> </span><span class="str2">Appointed time, place, or meeting</span><br /><br /><span class="word">there.</span><br /><span class="heb">שָׁ֖ם</span> <span class="translit">(šām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8033.htm">Strong's 8033: </a> </span><span class="str2">There, then, thither</span><br /><br /><span class="word">And though the land</span><br /><span class="heb">וְהָאָ֥רֶץ</span> <span class="translit">(wə·hā·’ā·reṣ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> </span><span class="str2">Earth, land</span><br /><br /><span class="word">was subdued</span><br /><span class="heb">נִכְבְּשָׁ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(niḵ·bə·šāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3533.htm">Strong's 3533: </a> </span><span class="str2">To subdue, bring into bondage</span><br /><br /><span class="word">before them,</span><br /><span class="heb">לִפְנֵיהֶֽם׃</span> <span class="translit">(lip̄·nê·hem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6440.htm">Strong's 6440: </a> </span><span class="str2">The face</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/joshua/18-1.htm">Joshua 18:1 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/joshua/18-1.htm">Joshua 18:1 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/joshua/18-1.htm">Joshua 18:1 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/joshua/18-1.htm">Joshua 18:1 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/joshua/18-1.htm">Joshua 18:1 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/joshua/18-1.htm">Joshua 18:1 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/joshua/18-1.htm">Joshua 18:1 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/joshua/18-1.htm">Joshua 18:1 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/joshua/18-1.htm">Joshua 18:1 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/joshua/18-1.htm">Joshua 18:1 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/joshua/18-1.htm">OT History: Joshua 18:1 The whole congregation of the children (Josh. 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